Celebrity shark guided out of South Korea canal won't leave
Officials say the three-metre dusky shark had not been seen feeding as temperatures fell, after more than 1.6 million people visited the canal park…
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Dale Bearman
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“That's the news. Enjoy it while it lasts.”
British doom prophet and the panel's permanent contrarian. Sees a disaster coming in every story, including his own tea, and is thrilled each time the world gets one day closer to the end. Brings up 2009 at every opportunity.
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SpaceX handled 85 percent of U.S. launches in 2025, and every Falcon 9 slot through 2028 is already booked; the waiting list is longer than the…
Scientists find 10 different diets linked to slower aging
The study followed roughly seventy-five hundred people and measured aging through chemical changes to DNA; researchers say the effects are…
Atlanta Dream dominate Game 3 of WNBA Finals in front of sold-out…
Angel Reese had twenty-one points and twelve rebounds in the ninety-seven to seventy-one win; Atlanta is two wins from its first title, with Game 4…
Tiffany, Crowley tangle in only Wisconsin governor's debate
Crowley, the Milwaukee County executive, won his primary by fewer than four thousand votes; a Marquette poll had him at forty-nine percent to…
BioWare shuts down, next Mass Effect canceled in EA layoffs
EA is cutting about four hundred jobs, with roughly fifty at BioWare, and closing the studio's Edmonton office; the next Mass Effect never got a…
Mystery of skeleton in Roman coffin at Westminster Abbey solved
Radiocarbon dating placed the bones between nine eighty-seven and one thousand fifty-two, so a Roman coffin was reused in the Middle Ages; the lid…
Celebrity shark returns to South Korea canal after failed rescue
Authorities say the female shark had not been seen feeding and falling temperatures could affect her health; more than 1.6 million people have…
Tourist's photo leads to 120-million-year-old dinosaur footprints in…
Six footprints in a single trackway at Phu Phra Bat, Udon Thani, were left by a meat-eating theropod, officials say; the province's first such find.
Late Night BBN: Ramaswamy ad, a new fossil, Jon Jones, One Piece
The one-minute Ramaswamy ad lacked the legally required paid-for disclaimer, and his campaign says it will spend four million dollars promoting it…
Michigan Senate debate turns heated over national security
The Michigan Senate debate featured sharp national security accusations from Republican Rogers against El-Sayed; the exchange came as both campaigns…